Sewing-machine.



M. H. STUBBLEFIELD.

SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001222, 1906.

Patented Aug. 16,1910.

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MABEL H. S'IUBBLEFIELD, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEWING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed October 22, 1906. Serial No. 339,943.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MABEL H. STUBBLE- FIELD, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to sewing machines, and resides in an improved construction which will provide a receptacle for receiv ing remnants and scraps which commonly accumulate during the work of sewing. It is the practice to gather these remnants or scraps as they are produced during the work of sewing, not only for purposes of tidiness, but also for preserving the remnants and scraps to put them to further use. Considerable time, however, is lost where these pieces must be thrown or carried to a receptacle, and it has been customary for the sewer to pull out one of the drawers of the machine and deposit the remnants therein. Considerable time is also lost in opening and closing the drawer, and if the drawer is kept open it would be continually .in the way.

The main object of my invention therefore is to provide some arrangement whereby the top drawer of the tier usually provided may be used as a receptacle without withdrawing the drawer from the machine.

I have illustrated my improved construction in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 shows a sewing machine with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a top view showing the receptacle open and the cover therefor in-one position; Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the cover in another position; and Fig. 4 is an elevational view showing the cover in full lines in one position and in dotted lines in the other position.

Like reference characters are applied to the same parts throughout the various views.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the machine coniprises the supporting frame 1, upon which is mounted the top board or bed 2, and upon which in turn is mounted the machine head 3. Secured to the under side of the top board and to the left of the frame is a tier of drawers 4:, and secured to the under side of the top board and to the right of the frame is shown a tier of drawers 5.

In accordance with my invention, a section of the right end of the top 2 over the tier of drawers 5 is cut out to form an opening 6 leading into the top drawer 7 of the tier. This opening is so cut out as to leave the parts 8 and 9, which form supporting means to which the tier frame 10 is secured. As a cover for the purpose of closing the opening 6, I provide the sliding cover board 11,

which is provided upon each side with a dowel pin 12- which is arranged to slide in a slot 13 in the top board 2, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This cover board is arranged to rest upon the tier frame 10, which acts in conjunction with the pins 12 to prop erly sustain the cover. In order to properly manipulate the cover, the thumb rib 14: may be provided in a manner well known. It is apparent that although an opening is provided for access to the upper drawer of the tier, table space need not necessarily be sacrificed. When the cover 11 is withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 2, it forms an extension for the table of the machine, which may be used effectively for convenient purposes.

In order that any particular position of the machine with relation to a wall or other object may not interfere with the opening of the receptacle, the pins 12 are rounded to form pivots about which the cover board 11 may swing to assume an upright position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4..

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 7

In combination with a sewing machine table, a drawer supported under the table, a

cover for the drawer forming a portion of MABEL H. STUBBLEFIELD. Witnesses:

CHARLES J. SCHMIDT, GEORGE E. I'IIGHAM. 

